Our Core Team

Laura Salisbury

Laura is the Founder and CEO of KnitRegen. She holds a PhD and is named inventor on published granted patents and applications. She was awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for her pursuit in stroke via novel material development. As the Winner of the Mayor’s Entrepreneur Award for Health (2022) she is focused on delivering game-changing devices to market. Laura was invited to showcase the PowerBead technology at 10 Downing Street as part of the London Design Biennale in 2023.

Clinical Research Assistant

Athena completed her Master’s in Clinical Neuroscience and works with Knitregen through UCL.

Movement Neuroscientist, Clinical Lead

Stuart is a leading figure in stroke research and holds a PhD. from Cambridge. He is the clinical lead behind the underlying cutting-edge neuroscience at KnitRegen.

Athena Namboothiri

Prof. Stuart Baker

Aaron Bater

Project Engineer

With over 13 years’ experience working in the medical sector, Aaron has worked within varying aspects of medical manufacturing, production, developing and delivering medical devices to global markets,

Partners & Advisors

Manufacturing Advisor

John Patsavellas

Prof. Nick Ward

Clinical Partner

Dr Rachel Stockley

Physiotherapy Advisor

Commercial Advisor

Steve Young

Media

Watch KnitRegen's founder, Laura Salisbury, in our first interview with the BBC as she discusses the next-generation wearable medical device for stroke recovery.